Liquefied gaseous Fuels Spill Effects Program: a status report

Conference · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5432127

Hogan, W J

With the increase in volume of liquefied gaseous fuels (LGFs) being transported and stored throughout the world, there comes a growing possibility of very large spills of flammable materials. The LGF Spill Effects Program was established at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) by the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and validate tools that can be used to predict the effects of a large LGF spill - including pool spread, vaporization, dispersion, ignition, combustion, explosion, and damage effects. The program includes both the collection of data from various size experiments and development of an ensemble of computer models to make predictions for conditions under which tests cannot be performed. In spills of 40 m/sup 3/ of liquefied natural gas (LNG) onto water done at the Naval Weapons Center (NWC) in 1980 and 1981, data was collected on gas cloud formation, dispersion, and combustion. The results suggest that large-scale spills may be more hazardous than would have been predicted based on earlier smallscale tests. Detailed comparisons between the predictions of various models and the data from these tests are presented. The implications for application of the results to hazard assessment are discussed.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5432127
• Report Number(s): UCRL-87013; CONF-811124-6; ON: DE82010755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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